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Strange Weather: Four Short Novels by Joe Hill

2 reviews

mondovertigo's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Grief, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Lesbophobia, Dementia, Misogyny, Murder, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Stalking, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Alcoholism, and Suicide

Moderate: Cursing

Minor: Addiction and Car accident

socialpsysteph's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This is a collection for four novellas. I have learned I'm usually not a fan of short stories, but novellas are a sweet spot for me. I love the fast-paced rush of a novella, especially with horror. Of these stories, Rain was probably my favorite - this was a climate sci-fi horror where it starts to rain crystal needles and chaos ensues. This novella was basically perfect, totally didn't see the twists and turns coming. Both Snapshot and Aloft were fun and very different. They were creepy, eerie, and so much fun. Then there was Loaded. To me, this was not the type of horror I like; this was too realistic (this could, and has, happened) and it made me sad and anxious. Now, it was fantastically written, just not what I was looking for right now. Plenty of content warnings on this one!

This book counts for Popsugar 2021 for a book seen on someone else's shelf.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Murder, Racism, Racial slurs, Misogyny, Xenophobia, Violence, Suicide, Terminal illness, Religious bigotry, Police brutality, Mass/school shootings, Islamophobia, Infidelity, Death, and Child death